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3:19What is Inner Propaganda?Owen Fitzpatrick: So I'm Owen Fitzpatrick. I'm a psychologist. I've spent the last 25 years or so studying everything I could do with beliefs and how beliefs work, why they work, how they change, why they change. I have EP 323 · 30 Jul 2026·interview· 3:19–5:2017:00Gen-Z perfectionism: rising socially prescribed perfectionism and fear of failureLeanne Elliott: I too saw a study this week, Al. from the British Psychological Society's Research Digest. It was actually published in Psychological Bulletin. Al Elliott: Oh yeah. Leanne Elliott: If you're interested. AEP 320 · 21 Jul 2026·news roundup· 17:00–22:2825:02Truth or Lie: Does Growth Mindset really work? (with Rob Briner)Al Elliott: Welcome back to Truth or Lie. It's that time of the week where we take a popular workplace idea and ask if the research actually backs it up. This week we have a special guest joining us, Rob Briner. So Rob iEP 316 · 7 Jul 2026·truth or lie· 25:02–40:3725:32Talk or type? The psychology of disagreementsAl Elliott: Hmm Leanne Elliott: Interesting. And it crosses cultures. So Goldschmidt, Gailey, and Keith tested underdog support across Israel, Japan, and China. This was in 2018. And all 3 countries, of course, have veryEP 314 · 30 Jun 2026·news roundup· 25:32–38:0238:02Truth or Lie: Do we all love an underdog?Al Elliott: Yeah Leanne Elliott: Okay, cool. I'll go back and see if we can do that. I didn't know the answer to that. I wasn't able in my kind of my position, not as close to the frontline and in my emotional state to gEP 314 · 30 Jun 2026·truth or lie· 38:02–52:3021:46The Train Experiment: We Are Terrible at Predicting Social InteractionsSean O'Shea: Yeah. And you can do big macro things or tiny micro things. You know, big macro things are, you know, Apple redesigning their headquarters. So it's that circular shape where all the things you need, like theEP 309 · 11 Jun 2026·interview· 21:46–29:5440:12Workplace Surgery: Applying psychology in everyday lifeAl Elliott: Very interesting. Okay. I think you, you HR nerds are going to love that. Okay. On to my favorite time of the week, the world-famous Weekly Workplace Surgery, where I put your questions to Leanne. Leah, I havEP 308 · 9 Jun 2026·workplace surgery· 40:12–42:240:00The Cornell prodigy who hit a wallAl Elliott: There's a woman who went to Cornell at 17 years old and got her PhD. She became a psychologist. She built a career that earned her nothing but praise her entire life. Then she decided to start a business and EP 301 · 14 May 2026·interview· 0:00–1:036:49The 'job hugging' phenomenon — fear vs. loyaltyJeffrey Fermin: Yeah, I think that's really basic psychology. That's that moment where people just go, and I'm not going to start swearing on LinkedIn Live, but they just kind of give up. They just go, we don't care anymEP LIVE-2026-04-03 · 3 Apr 2026·panel interview· 6:49–9:5815:58Jeffrey's biggest regret — claiming scientific backingAl Elliott: If I wanted to start some kind of HR tech, how much of this should I be bringing in psychologists to help? And how much do I just need to bring in nerds to write the code Jeffrey Fermin: I think my biggest reEP 285 · 19 Mar 2026·interview· 15:58–21:4218:14What a terminal diagnosis does to your mindsetAl Elliott: What does it do to your mindset when someone says, a doctor says that to you? Tom LeNoble: You know, the first time it was said to me, I remember I had been anonymously tested and I turned out to be positive EP 281 · 5 Mar 2026·interview· 18:14–22:0637:39Workplace Surgery: Breaking into business psychologyLeanne Elliott: But padded it with stuff that is complete nonsense Al Elliott: Right. Because even the name of it, like neurolinguistic programming, sounds sciency to those people who aren't scientists Leanne Elliott: YeEP 276 · 17 Feb 2026·workplace surgery· 37:39–44:0511:04Does Complaining Rewire Your Brain?Al Elliott: Okay, so I saw an article this morning, um, on X, which was about complaining and how it's proven to literally rewire your brain. X— I do like X, but a lot of stuff on X tends to be just a bit made up. This oEP 268 · 20 Jan 2026·news roundup· 11:04–17:2824:13Truth or Lie: Can You Manifest Success?Al Elliott: Okay, welcome back. Time for Truth or Lie, our weekly myth-busting segment where we take a big psychological claim and ask, is it true or is it a lie? It's January. It's that weird time of the year. We're allEP 268 · 20 Jan 2026·truth or lie· 24:13–35:0117:15Leanne's pick: Dr Marie-Hélène Pelletier on strategic resilienceLeanne Elliott: It's episode 171, The Science of Resilience with Dr. Marie-Hélène Pelletier. And this one takes us all the way back to February 2025. Oh, the hope that we had for the world in February Al Elliott: Oh, we EP 261 · 25 Dec 2025·other· 17:15–28:3019:58Truth or Lie of the Year: Maslow's HierarchyLeanne Elliott: Yeah Al Elliott: But really cheap. So what we did was we said, you can order whatever you want, but you have to also buy one bottle of this, what's called Lambrini. It was a 5-litre bottle of Lambrini. ItEP 260 · 23 Dec 2025·truth or lie· 19:58–23:5827:33Truth or Lie: Is the Christmas Spirit Real?Leanne Elliott: Yeah. So is the Christmas spirit an actual psychological thing and does it impact our mood and behaviour? Excellent question. And you know what? I was genuinely surprised by how much research there is intEP 258 · 16 Dec 2025·truth or lie· 27:33–37:305:47Diagnosing Geoff: the three universal needsAl Elliott: So, let's talk about these drivers then. So, let's take a fictitious person. So, this person we're gonna call Jeff. Jeff is just, like you say, a bit of an asshole at work. What possibly is driving Jeff to beEP 255 · 4 Dec 2025·interview· 5:47–8:478:47Where unmet needs come from (hint: childhood)Aoife O'Brien: Yeah. And a lot of the things that we don't get are from childhood. So, I'm not an expert in this area, but I've gathered research from other experts to look at, well, what are some of these drivers? One oEP 255 · 4 Dec 2025·interview· 8:47–12:1228:34Truth or Lie: Does time really go faster as you get older?Leanne Elliott: Oh my good God, yes. Al Elliott: Oh my God. As I'm, as I'm hurtling towards my 50th birthday, days and weeks seem to be minutes and hours. So when you're a kid, you imagine, remember the school holidays? EP 250 · 18 Nov 2025·truth or lie· 28:34–34:100:00The classroom exercise: why we fear the wrong thingsAl Elliott: So there's a classroom with a psychology professor. He asks everyone to raise their hands if they're scared of spiders. And of course, some hands shoot up. Snakes? There are more hands. Now he asks, who's scaEP 247 · 6 Nov 2025·interview· 0:00–0:404:05What is emotion, actually?Leanne Elliott: So with that in mind, I really want to start at the beginning, in the most simple place, emotion. What is emotion? How do psychologists define emotion? Ryan Martin: This is actually a super complicated quEP 247 · 6 Nov 2025·interview· 4:05–8:1015:07Why people keep giving: the psychology of volunteering and recognitionLeanne Elliott: I have seen some research, Al, that asks the question, why do some people keep giving their time even when they start to feel taken for granted? Al Elliott: Hmm Leanne Elliott: Ever been there?EP 246 · 5 Nov 2025·news roundup· 15:07–23:340:02Introducing Angela Foster and the psychology of workwearLeanne Elliott: Hello and welcome to Truth, Lies and Work, the award-winning podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture. We are brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for busiEP 245 · 30 Oct 2025·intro· 0:02–4:354:35Enclothed cognition: how clothes affect your own performanceAngela Foster: Oh my gosh, I'm so glad that you asked this. There was actually a study done, and I think it was at Northwestern University, and it was probably like 2010, 2012, something like that. And that's exactly whaEP 245 · 30 Oct 2025·interview· 4:35–6:0125:00Truth or Lie: Are firstborn children natural leaders?Al Elliott: That, like me, every firstborn wants to know the answer to. Are firstborn children natural leaders? This feels like a truth to me Leanne Elliott: I bet it does as the oldest child Al Elliott: Yes, it doesEP 244 · 28 Oct 2025·truth or lie· 25:00–35:1018:36The science of experiences vs material thingsLeanne Elliott: I think it's such an awesome way to learn more, as you say, about ourselves, about other people. But what does the science say? What does the science say about going through these experiences, this noveltEP 227 · 28 Aug 2025·interview· 18:36–20:260:45Why we're 'always on' — the psychology of email checkingElaine Smith: I am a clinical psychologist, so that is my training, and now I specialize in mental health at work. And I came to that work really because of a lot of experiences in my own clinic, people coming to me withEP 219 · 31 Jul 2025·interview· 0:45–2:553:13Why can't we detach from work?Al Elliott: Nice Elaine Smith: I am a clinical psychologist, so that is my training. And now I specialize in mental health at work, and I'm particularly interested in leadership and the impact that leaders can have on meEP 219 · 31 Jul 2025·interview· 3:13–6:5315:41Story 3: The emotion hack that actually works at workAl Elliott: Okay, Lee, what else have you seen, my love? Leanne Elliott: Has science found an actual emotion hack? Al Elliott: Oh, oh, go on, tell meEP 210 · 1 Jul 2025·news roundup· 15:41–21:0917:11Do we trust rule-benders more than rule-followers?Leanne Elliott: I'm not sure the type of people on Twitter give a shit about what I have to say, truth be told. Excuse my language. Al Elliott: Off Twitter, back onto the mainstream press. What have you seen? Leanne ElliEP 200 · 27 May 2025·news roundup· 17:11–25:1315:13The Dark Psychology of Job GhostingAl Elliott: We talked about this about 6 weeks ago. I think I was coming up with this idea of, and there was a, was there a particular term for it back then? Did we come up with this term? Leanne Elliott: Was it not job EP 184 · 1 Apr 2025·news roundup· 15:13–20:404:16What ADHD actually is and why psychology didn't teach itLeanne Elliott: I want to start at the beginning and make no assumptions. I think everybody listening would've heard of ADHD, but can you maybe define it for us and particularly what it might look like in adults who mighEP 173 · 20 Feb 2025·interview· 4:16–5:1133:26Workplace Surgery: toxic gossip cultureAl Elliott: Did I say psychology? Leanne Elliott: Yeah, but it doesn't matter Al Elliott: Sorry, you're carried away, you see. And it's her job to help give You, our lovely listeners, advice on work-related problems. HerEP 172 · 18 Feb 2025·workplace surgery· 33:26–37:510:33Defining resilience: a state, not a traitAl Elliott: Nice Leanne Elliott: Hello and welcome to Truth, Lies and Work, the award-winning psychology podcast Brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals. My name isEP 171 · 13 Feb 2025·interview· 0:33–5:373:43What anger really is (and isn't)Leanne Elliott: So, Ryan Martin, welcome to Truth and Lies. We are so excited to have you. For anyone who hasn't heard of you, could you start by telling us who you are, what you do, and what you're famous for? Al ElliotEP 163 · 16 Jan 2025·other· 3:43–5:1124:36The power of social connectionBruce Daisley: Yeah, the notion that we draw strength from groups is, you know, even though it's really well known, we don't really explore it. And, you know, in the medical community, for example, if you're hospitalisedEP 162 · 14 Jan 2025·interview· 24:36–29:5834:51The state of psychology — and why the market is being floodedAl Elliott: Hoover the Landing. Hoover the Landing is the epilogue. It's a It's a story in the book that almost, I should say, I think it's important to say that this book is mostly my mother's and not mine. I teach at tEP 158 · 31 Dec 2024·other· 34:51–50:353:00The psychology of flexible workLeanne Elliott: I'm very, very interested in the psychology of flexible work. Oh, because it strikes me as one of those cases where, um, uh, you know, we're potentially throwing a huge increase, a huge potentially benefiEP 156 · 24 Dec 2024·other· 3:00–6:577:25The psychology of workplace secretsAl Elliott: Shh, got a secret Leanne Elliott: Tell me Al Elliott: Well, actually, I haven't got a secret, but this article I saw was all about work. Well, we have got a secret, but that about that thing, but we don't telEP 152 · 10 Dec 2024·news roundup· 7:25–12:2735:44The psychology of grief: how loss affects the brainLeanne Elliott: It's that there is some interesting psychology to grief. And I think one of the things that we often don't always appreciate if we haven't experienced yet is it is something that we're all going to face aEP 151 · 5 Dec 2024·interview· 35:44–39:255:42Does what we wear really matter? The science of enclothed cognitionLeanne Elliott: Angela, I wanna, I wanna get straight into it in In terms of fashion, it's one of those things that I think, as a woman, I think about. I can't say I'm a fashionista in any way, but I'm conscious of the cEP 149 · 28 Nov 2024·interview· 5:42–9:5513:47The psychology of workplace attire and perceptionsLeanne Elliott: The psychology behind what we wear to work is really interesting. And I know I gave you a bit of a flavor. in the introduction. But let's dive a little bit deeper, shall we? It's not just about looking goEP 149 · 28 Nov 2024·interview· 13:47–17:209:53Why do managers behave badly?Al Elliott: If you were just a decent human being, you'd feel a bit icky about doing these. So why are people doing these things? Leanne Elliott: I think it's just lack of care and lack of thought. And it really shocks mEP 143 · 7 Nov 2024·other· 9:53–16:5311:19Story 3: The psychology of facial expressions at workLeanne Elliott: I don't know, it's fairly quiet. What are we, Tuesday the 5th of November? I think there's not much going on today apart from, from the Grow Europe. I don't know. Um, oh, of course, it's the US elections EP 142 · 5 Nov 2024·news roundup· 11:19–15:3011:54The psychology of IT professionalsAl Elliott: Leigh, quick question. Do people in IT have certain personality types, or do certain personality types suit a job in tech? Leanne Elliott: What— Al Elliott: give me, give me the psychology, psychological breaEP 135 · 10 Oct 2024·panel interview· 11:54–14:1426:05Why successful people like being around other successful peopleLeanne Elliott: One of the things that we don't necessarily think about is that successful people like being around other successful people. And as we learn, you don't need to be Beckham-level successful. If you've achieEP 133 · 3 Oct 2024·interview· 26:05–31:1618:07Does a psychology background make a better leader?Harry Cramer: Seamless Al Elliott: It can Leanne Elliott: But come backEP 129 · 19 Sept 2024·interview· 18:07–21:5230:40How psychology shapes his leadership styleAl Elliott: Yeah Harry Cramer: to, you know, to, to manage your psychological integrity as, as time goes on. And I want to try and repay that, and I want to try and repay that loyalty to everybody who's ever put faith inEP 129 · 19 Sept 2024·interview· 30:40–34:5213:5519 science-backed ways to improve your lifeLeanne Elliott: Yes, I saw an article on the BPS. That's the British Psychological Society website. And they gave us 19 science-based hacks to improve your life. So it's one of those lists that you always see on like, onEP 126 · 10 Sept 2024·news roundup· 13:55–19:122:37The psychology of the Pumpkin Spice Latte and the fresh start effectAl Elliott: Okay, Le, what have you got first? Leanne Elliott: Well, it is the first episode of September. I'm wearing black to mourn the end of our Brat Summer. It is over. And as the crisp air of autumn begins to settlEP 124 · 3 Sept 2024·news roundup· 2:37–6:3041:25The Psychology of Generational DifferencesAl Elliott: Okay, Leanne, I just want to defer to you for a quick second, and let's talk about the psychology behind some of the things we just talked about here Leanne Elliott: Yeah. So, I mean, generations, Different gEP 117 · 23 Jul 2024·interview· 41:25–45:2016:38Dr Hayley's route to chartershipLeanne Elliott: You may also have noticed that some psychologists are also doctors, like Dr. Hayley. How does this work? Well, in really basic terms, being a registered psychologist with the HCPC refers to a standard in EP 110 · 27 Jun 2024·panel interview· 16:38–19:0015:32Book Club: The Psychology of Secrets by Andrew GoldLeanne Elliott: I'm excited about this one. And again, when I, when I first show my book, I haven't started reading it, so you can start with me and we can read it together. Um, but I'm, I'm really looking forward to thiEP 107 · 18 Jun 2024·news roundup· 15:32–17:3716:51Leanne's psychology lens: freedom and ownershipLeanne Elliott: The idea of freedom and ownership is an interesting one, and I always want to help you, the listener, separate the what from the why. So giving equity share is the what that's being done here. If we underEP 106 · 13 Jun 2024·interview· 16:51–20:2425:34The psychology of group dynamicsLeanne Elliott: We are asked about this quite a lot, aren't we? And I think a useful starting point is the psychology of groups. So, if we start right at the beginning, evolution. Forming groups simply allowed humans to EP 104 · 6 Jun 2024·interview· 25:34–28:292:23Tip 1: Know Yourself with Dr. Ryne ShermanLeanne Elliott: So over the next 2 Thursday episodes, we are aiming to bring you 10 tips to build a happy workplace. Let's start with you, the business leader. Along the way, we have spoken a lot about the importance of EP 100 · 23 May 2024·other· 2:23–11:3713:22Jurgen Klopp and the psychology of leadershipLeanne Elliott: So yeah, I mean, football fans— or sorry, soccer fans for our American audiences— will know it has been a pretty big weekend for the Premier League. Uh, the season came to an end, Man City won again, and EP 99 · 21 May 2024·news roundup· 13:22–19:0126:43Workplace Surgery: What employee engagement actually meansLeanne Elliott: Yeah, it's a bit corporate speak, I guess. Employee engagement is actually a psychological term rather than a corporate term. It basically means how, how much people give a monkey's about your business anEP 99 · 21 May 2024·workplace surgery· 26:43–32:037:41Amelia on the gender pay gap — and what she didn't understand 5 years agoLeanne Elliott: Amelia is a psychologist and an expert in the gender pay gap, a concept that does sparked quite a lot of debate. So what is the gender pay gap and what is the latest data showing us? Lydia & Amelia (Ivee EP 94 · 2 May 2024·interview· 7:41–9:0927:08The psychological impact of career breaksAl Elliott: So as we've learned, Ivee is committed to supporting women with the psychological impacts of this career transition. As Amelia explains, it's much more than just matching candidates with vacancies though LydiEP 94 · 2 May 2024·interview· 27:08–29:3117:39The Barnum effect and the dirty little trick Leanne played on AlAl Elliott: So, Leah, would you like to tell the listeners about the dirty little trick you played on me back in episode 6 with the Myers-Briggs test? Leanne Elliott: Yeah, sorry. It was funny, though Al Elliott: It was EP 82 · 14 Mar 2024·interview· 17:39–19:390:33The myth of cathartic aggressionRyan Martin: Nice Al Elliott: Check out hopspot.com, the agentic customer platform for growing businesses Ryan Martin: The idea that that's a good way to let anger out— there's zero evidence that that's a good, healthy wEP 81 · 8 Mar 2024·interview· 0:33–2:116:32What anger actually isRyan Martin: I'm Dr. Ryan Martin. I am the dean at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. I'm dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Uh, I've been a psychologist for a very long time, and I researcEP 81 · 8 Mar 2024·interview· 6:32–11:0715:33Individual differences in how we get angryRyan Martin: So there's pretty significant individual differences, both in how often people get angry, but also in how they tend to express their anger, how intense that anger is expressed. We see pretty wide, broad diffEP 81 · 8 Mar 2024·interview· 15:33–17:3617:36The distinction between being angry and being an angry personAl Elliott: Okay, so, so far, We know what anger is. We know a little bit about how our genetics and childhood can affect how angry we are. And we know roughly how often the average person gets angry. So is there a diffeEP 81 · 8 Mar 2024·interview· 17:36–22:5523:58Post-traumatic growth and the adversity mythLeanne Elliott: And there is a psychological principle called post-traumatic growth. It was researched by a psychologist called ritual, Tedeschi. The basic premise is that negative experiences can spur positive change, iEP 78 · 20 Feb 2024·interview· 23:58–26:227:44The psychology of the entrepreneurial personalityLeanne Elliott: There is a lot of talk about the personality of entrepreneurs, and I get asked about it quite a bit actually, and for good reason. I mean, it's interesting, and there's also some pretty interesting researEP 76 · 1 Feb 2024·interview· 7:44–10:516:29Why most of us aren't very good at persuadingAl Elliott: Absolutely. So I wanted to find out a bit more about what leaders could learn from the psychology of persuasion that marketers use every single day. After all, a huge part of leading effectively is persuadingEP 75 · 25 Jan 2024·interview· 6:29–9:2829:43Loss aversion and the psychology of incentivesAl Elliott: Old-school bonuses are based on old-school psychology. That's a t-shirt right there. Now, Phill talks about a study where they turn this bonus structure completely on its head Phill Agnew: We hate losses. In EP 75 · 25 Jan 2024·interview· 29:43–33:4040:09Phill's book recommendationsLeanne Elliott: I mean, there is nothing better than finding a great book, a great psychology book, a great behavioural science book. It's what I live for. We had to ask Phill what books he would recommend and what he goEP 75 · 25 Jan 2024·interview· 40:09–42:156:09What drives a champion mindset?Al Elliott: But before we get into all of that, I wanted to really get into the mindset of each of our guests. I wanted to find out what made them want to compete. How do the sports differ? I know that Shauna's done indiEP 65 · 17 Nov 2023·other· 6:09–10:2816:48Keeping ourselves mentally fitLeanne Elliott: We need to psychologically move on from the setbacks. That's how we are— we keep ourselves mentally fit. That's how we bounce back. That is literally the definition of resilience. But to move on, we do neEP 65 · 17 Nov 2023·other· 16:48–22:2719:49Why Al likes games where he has an unfair advantageAl Elliott: I mean, for 2 reasons. I like to play games where I feel like I have an unfair advantage and like, I know enough about coding to realize, you know, I don't have a strong enough memory for details. I don't havEP 64 · 16 Nov 2023·other· 19:49–25:049:28Listener comments on the psychology of happinessLeanne Elliott: Well, you will remember from not too long— was it last week? I feel like my weeks are rolling into— was it last week we talked about— no, it's birthday last week, wasn't it? Al Elliott: I have no idea. NoEP 54 · 31 Aug 2023·panel interview· 9:28–13:2213:07What is happiness? State vs. wellbeing, and why contentment can be dangerousAl Elliott: Okay, Leah. So the meat and potatoes of the episode, I think it is— did we, did we say this was the definition of happiness? Leanne Elliott: I worry that we're excluding vegetarians and vegans by calling it tEP 51 · 10 Aug 2023·other· 13:07–17:2117:21The psychology of happiness: positive psychology, Seligman & the shift from deficitAl Elliott: Yeah Leanne Elliott: And, and, and a condition of mental health. So in terms of, of the focus of psychology shift— shifting to more positive emotions, that really kind of gained a lot more traction in the latEP 51 · 10 Aug 2023·other· 17:21–17:2132:24Nature vs. nurture, hedonic treadmill & relative happinessAl Elliott: Can I ask you then, because I have this, I know people who have got all the, have ticked the boxes of, of all the happiness, but they're still miserable bastards. And it seems that no matter how much money thEP 51 · 10 Aug 2023·other· 32:24–39:2823:53The Psychology of EntrepreneursAl Elliott: Yeah, absolutely. And just because you start running, you're not gonna be Usain Bolt within a year. Just be, don't be so hard on yourself. The fact that you've now grown your team from 5 to 25, you are still EP 48 · 20 Jul 2023·interview· 23:53–26:2040:04Are we all just status-seeking monkeys?midroll (Phil Agnew, Nudge): It can. Ross Simmons: And Are We All Just Status-Seeking Monkeys? midroll (Phil Agnew, Nudge): I am.EP 42 · 7 Jun 2023·panel interview· 40:04–44:529:31Why sharing articles without reading them makes us feel clevererLeanne Elliott: Well, I also saw some research this week on week on how to be clevererer Al Elliott: Clevererer, and that you just add an extra -er to make it even more clever Leanne Elliott: ExactlyEP 34 · 12 Apr 2023·other· 9:31–12:0517:39The psychology of being in the presence of greatnessLeanne Elliott: Yeah. I mean, it does, it seems intuitive, doesn't it? That in the presence of greatness, we're gonna feel inspired and we're gonna feel motivated. But as Ryan says, that, that is not, not the case. It's EP 31 · 22 Mar 2023·other· 17:39–22:4766:34Different identities, different senses of selfLeanne Elliott: Duncan mentioned there how we can have different identities and different senses of self depending on, on the environment that we're in. And that's absolutely True. And it's not to say that for positive wEP 30 · 15 Mar 2023·panel interview· 66:34–69:166:11The exact moment Leanne decided to pursue psychologyAl Elliott: So why did you become a business psychologist? What's the story behind this? Leanne Elliott: I can remember the exact moment that I decided I wanted to pursue psychology, not necessarily business psychology, EP 17 · 20 Dec 2022·other· 6:11–8:038:03Normal vs. abnormal psychologyLeanne Elliott: So psychology in general tends to fall into 2 categories, normal and abnormal psychology. Abnormal psychology dealing with, um, more clinical disorders. Um, so a clinical psychologist will tend to look atEP 17 · 20 Dec 2022·other· 8:03–13:3443:38The book Leanne would writeAl Elliott: Yeah Leanne Elliott: But I think what's so cool about the tool that we've developed and why I would want to expand on it is that it takes away the noise. You know, there's so much to think about as a businessEP 17 · 20 Dec 2022·other· 43:38–47:4019:20What the science says about redundancy and the brain's responseAl Elliott: So what does all this science mean for the people who've actually been made redundant? Leanne Elliott: Well, it's really flipping inconvenient, Al, to be honest. I mean, let's imagine we're just at the point EP 13 · 22 Nov 2022·other· 19:20–22:2030:56If employees know it's coming, what's the psychology?Al Elliott: So here's a question then. If employees know it's coming, if they know they're going to get laid off, from a psychological point of view, what difference does it make, a more human-centered approach? Like, whEP 12 · 15 Nov 2022·other· 30:56–38:002:58What is imposter syndrome?Leanne Elliott: Yes. So bear with me, I'm gonna get my psychology nerd out now, okay? Al, stop me if I go too far. So, imposter syndrome. I actually prefer to call it imposter phenomenon, and it was first described by a EP 10 · 3 Nov 2022·other· 2:58–4:411:59What the article gets right and the commercial realityLeanne Elliott: I think as a, as a psychologist, I appreciated the, the overarching narrative. In terms of somebody who has worked in businesses and with business owners, it all just sounded a bit like, well, that's niceEP 08 · 23 Aug 2022·other· 1:59–4:054:05The positive psychology movement and its application to cultureLeanne Elliott: Yeah. So, I mean, in psychology, if you're reading anything psychology-based and you see the word positive, that comes from a movement called positive psychology, which was founded by a guy called Martin EP 08 · 23 Aug 2022·other· 4:05–5:442:54Leanne's reading style vs. Al's reading styleLeanne Elliott: My books are, are more of a psychology leaning. I'm I'm not gonna lie, but they are not heavy, they're not academic or anything like that. But yeah, maybe if I throw out some terms, then please pull me upEP 07 · 9 Aug 2022·other· 2:54–3:298:31The Psychology Behind the Push for FlexibilityLeanne Elliott: The reality is that working remotely, not having to be in a set place at a set time, brings a level of freedom that really appeals to us as just human beings. Having control is something that we're reallyEP 05 · 25 Jul 2022·other· 8:31–10:22
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